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Milan Kovac, who leads Tesla's Optimus humanoid robotics program, is leaving the automaker. In a post on X, Milan talked about how he joined Tesla as an engineer for the core Autopilot team in 2016 and how he started leading the Optimus group in 2022. He explained that he's leaving his position, because he's "been far away from home for too long and will need to spend more time with family abroad." Kovac stressed that it was the only reason he's leaving and that his support for Elon Musk and the Tesla team.
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RFK Jr.'s super PAC could be laying the groundwork for MAHA in the White House, a recent report suggests. Read more ›
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Video hosting and sharing platform Vimeo today announced the launch of an updated Apple TV app, bringing Vimeo back to the Apple TV App Store for the first time in two years. The updated Vimeo app has been rebuilt, and it is available on Apple TV units that are running tvOS 18 or higher. The Vimeo app supports discovering, searching for, and watching videos that have been uploaded to Vimeo.... Read more ›
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Developer Michael Shvo envisioned turning three Miami Beach hotels into an ultra-luxury destination — but the site has sat vacant for years. Read more ›
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A YouTuber fixes a degrading Ryzen 7 5800X by downclocking the CPU by 300 MHz in the BIOS. Read more ›
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According to an internal agreement, deportation officials will now be able to access personal Medicaid data in order to "track down" undocumented residents on government benefits. Read more ›
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Razer's new Pokémon collaboration is a missed opportunity. The four PC gaming peripherals in this lineup are simply reskinned versions of products that already exist, which cost $20 to $40 more than their all-black counterparts. You really should be getting more for your money here. For example, the themed BlackWidow V4 X keyboard should include […] Read more ›
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Silent Hill and Siren creator Keiichi Toyama has confirmed he and his team at Bokeh Game Studios is working it's next project, and it won't be a sequel to horror oddity Slitterhead. Read more Read more ›
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The rare microbial menace can be contracted by swimming in coastal water or eating raw shellfish, and Florida saw a severe spike in cases last year. Read more ›
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Its survival hinges on spreading consciousness and populating the galaxy, he claims. Read more ›
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Here is a ranking of all 55 DC Comics movies, from recent hits like "Superman" to critical flops such as "Catwoman." Read more ›
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Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new “Trusted Connections” feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know. Read more ›
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OpenAI released Agent Mode on Thursday, a welcome distraction from what has otherwise been a rough summer for the AI startup. Read more ›
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At least three groups were targeting different organizations in the same industry. Read more ›
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Calvin French-Owen spent a little over a year on OpenAI's technical team. In a blog post he offers an insider's take on everyday life at the company. Read more ›
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With half of the 4,000 National Guard troops departing, 700 Marines appear set to stay in LA. Here's what they are doing. Read more ›
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The Honor Magic V5, unveiled earlier this month, was initially only available in China. However, the Magic V5 was recently launched in Malaysia, and on August 12, it will make its debut in the first European country - Romania. It's unclear how many memory configurations and color options of the Honor Magic V5 will be available to Romanian customers, so we'll have to wait until August 12 for that and... Read more ›
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent enables the AI chatbot to complete real tasks online. Read more ›
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In an interview this week with CNBC's Alex Sherman, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed that Apple, NBC, and ESPN have each bid on the media rights to MLB's "Sunday Night Baseball" package, for the 2026 through 2028 seasons. Manfred said he plans to choose a winning bidder for "Sunday Night Baseball" within the month, and the rights could be split up between two bidders. ESPN held the rights to "Sunday... Read more ›
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Disneyland first opened for business 70 years ago in Anaheim, California, on July 17, 1955. It remains one of the world's most beloved theme parks. Read more ›
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Grok 4 aligns its answers with Elon Musk's when it comes to controversial issues, users have discovered shortly after the company launched the new model. Some users posted screenshots on X asking Grok 4 who it supports in the Israel vs. Palestine conflict. In its chain-of-thought, which is a series of comments that shows the step-by-step process on how a reasoning AI model comes to its answer, Grok 4 said... Read more ›
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Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping layoffs earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told MobileGamer.biz that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have spent several years helping to build and train... Read more ›
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If you’re all caught up on The Last of Us (the TV version that is) then you’ll know that season two made clear that when the show returns it will focus a lot more on Kaitlyn’s Dever’s Abby. But it sounds like we’re going to have to wait a while to see that side of the story unfold. Speaking to Variety off the back of The Last of Us netting... Read more ›
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One of the most popular sites for Nintendo Switch piracy has been taken down as part of an ongoing FBI investigation. As reported by Kotaku, Nsw2u was known for hosting Switch ROMs, which users could download to play on a hacked Switch or PC emulator capable of running them. At the time of writing, when you enter the site’s URL you’ll see a notice confirming the seizure, which the FBI... Read more ›
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You might have to be extra careful who you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards from if you don't want to get mistakenly banned. A Nintendo Switch 2 owner posted on Reddit that they got banned after downloading patches for a few Switch game cards that were bought off Facebook Marketplace. Reddit user dmanthey said they inserted each game into their Switch 2 to patch, but found out that... Read more ›
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US tariffs continue to cause problems and supply issues in the gaming space. The latest to feel the effects is Analogue. The company announced today that its Analogue 3D, a modern remake of the Nintendo 64 console, will not start shipping until late August. Analogue noted that "last week's sudden tariffs" were the reason for this change. "We’re absorbing the costs—your preorder price stays the same. No additional charges," the... Read more ›
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Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading antisemitic rhetoric, Tesla updated its software for its cars to include the supposedly fixed Grok. According to Tesla, all new vehicles delivered on or after July 12 will have Grok available in-car. There's no additional subscription cost, but Tesla is limiting Grok's availability to models in the U.S. for now. For... Read more ›
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Google will host its next Made by Google event on August 20, the company announced today. In a media invite, it promised the event would feature new Pixel phones, watches, buds "and more." It's hard to imagine what other product types might be covered by those last two words, but for those who watch the industry closely, this event is likely to see the launch of the Pixel 10 flagship... Read more ›
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Another hot streaming deal is here to match the summer heat. This time is comes from Paramount+, which is offering a two-month subscription for only $2. Put another way, you'll pay $1 per month for your first two months — but the deal is only valid through today, July 13. The kicker for this deal is that is applies to two subscription tiers: you can either choose the ad-supported Essential... Read more ›
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Threads is testing letting you sign up with a Facebook account rather than an Instagram account. The new option, spotted by Social Media Today, doesn't appear to be widely available yet, but is already mentioned in a Meta support article. Besides making it easier for people who don't have an Instagram account to quickly create an account on Meta's X and Bluesky competitor, this new Facebook sign up option should... Read more ›
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